Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαλκεόφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλκεόφωνος χαλκεόφωνον

Structure: χαλκεοφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. with voice of brass, strong and clear

Examples

  • δεύτερον αὖτισ ἔτικτεν ἀμήχανον, οὔ τι φατειὸν Κέρβερον ὠμηστήν, Αἴδεω κύνα χαλκεόφωνον, πεντηκοντακέφαλον, ἀναιδέα τε κρατερόν τε· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 32:4)
  • σκέπτεο χαλκεόφωνον ἐπισπέρχουσαν ἀοιδὴν Μελπομένην, ἐρατῆσ ἵστορα εὐεπίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 505 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. with voice of brass

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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